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Spurs fall to Thunder

Thunder Bench much improved

The San Antonio Spurs knew going into the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday night, that it was going to be a heat check.  For the Thunder, it was check mate as they cruised to a 94-88 home victory behind Reggie Jackson’s eight straight points in the fourth quarter.  Jackson finished with a career high 23 points on 10-14 shooting while LeBron James finished with 24 points and 13 rebounds.

”We couldn’t guard [Jackson] tonight,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. ”He really helped them. He was basically the difference in the game. He did a great job.”

Tony Parker led the Spurs with 16 points and seven assists in the loss which was the third straight at Chesapeake Energy Arena.

The Spurs next face the Orlando Magic on the road tonight then come back home to face the Houston Rockets at home tomorrow night.  Great seats and tickets are available for both games.

 

Spurs cool the Heat in Game 5, prepare for Game 6

The San Antonio Spurs, those of silver and black who were supposedly too old to take the NBA’S biggest stage have roared back to take a defining 3-2 lead in the best of seven series with a114-104 thumping.

Argintinian Guard Manu Ginobili was reinserted into the starting lineup for the first time this season and responded with a solid game in which he scored 24 points and handed out 10 assists.

“He (Coach Popovich) told me yesterday that I was going to start because of the way they were playing, four smalls,” Ginobili said. “He told me to go ahead and play. Be more intuitive and don’t think so much.”

The Spurs relied on great defense and the hot shooting of second year player Danny Green, who set an NBA Finals record with 25 (and counting) three-pointers in the finals.

“I’ve been getting lucky,” Green said after the game. “I was moving around a lot. Our transition helps us, our pace. Tony penetrating and Manu penetrating, making the defense collapse is the reason why I’ve been getting open. Luckily, a couple have dropped for me.”

The Spurs can close the series and take home the Larry O’Brien Trophy tomorrow night when they meet the Heat for Game 6 at American Airlines Arena.

“We challenge ourselves to see if we’re a better team than we were,” Dwayne Wade said after the game.

Tip off is at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Spurs ready themselves for Game three after routing Heat in Game two

The San Antonio Spurs will walk into the AT&T Center tonight knowing that they are only two games away from a fifth NBA Title and another humiliation of “the anointed one” LeBron James at the hands of the Spurs.

“My Cleveland team, we were very young, and we went up against a very experienced team, well-coached team. And they (the Spurs) took advantage of everything that we did.”

While the Heat “Big Three” of Wade, Bosch and James is a much more appealing than Llgauskas, Hughes and Gooden, the Wade and Bosch have done pretty much all they can to help secure a victory but  the “Anointed One” has not been on target.

“I’ll be better,” James said on Wednesday,  “I’ll be much better [Thursday] night.”  “So I’m putting all the pressure on my chest, on my shoulders to come through for our team. That’s the way it is.”

Game 4 begins at 8:00 Eastern  and tickets for the AT&T Center are still available.